Top Movies of 1988


The top movies of 1988 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

91. Track 29

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Actors: Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp, Sandra Bernhard, Seymour Cassel
Plot: A wife sick of her husband's obsession with model trains begins an obsession of her own: finding her son, who she gave up for adoption. When she runs across him in a diner, she connects with him but the relationship quickly turns unhealthy.

92. Gandahar ( Light Years )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: René Laloux
Actors: Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Catherine Chevallier, Georges Wilson, Anny Duperey, Jean-Pierre Ducos, Christine Paris

93. The Dead Pool

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Buddy Van Horn
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt, Michael Currie
Plot: Unwanted fame brings Harry Callahan not only the attention of various criminal affiliations, but also a deadly new game called the Dead Pool, which bets are made on local celebrity deaths. One list in particular had a high body count, and Dirty Harry is on that list.

94. Da

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Matt Clark
Actors: Barnard Hughes, Martin Sheen, William Hickey, Karl Hayden, Doreen Hepburn, Hugh O'Conor

95. A World Apart

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Menges
Actors: Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé, Barbara Hershey, Nadine Chalmers, Maria Pilar, Tim Roth

96. Distant Thunder

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Actors: Ralph Macchio, John Lithgow, Kerrie Keane, Reb Brown, Janet Margolin, Tom Bower

97. The Blob

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chuck Russell
Actors: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark, Joe Seneca
Plot: A deadly creature eats anything in its path - growing all the while. A group of local teens try to warn the town, but aren't taken seriously until it's too late.

98. D.O.A.

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern, Jane Kaczmarek, Robert Knepper
Plot: Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter need to find the murderer who has poisoned him and fast.

99. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Merrill Graves, Michael Edwards, Melissa Brown, Rob LaBelle, Nannie Doyle, Cynthia Schneider
Plot: Karen Carpenter's eating disorder spirals out of control in this docu-drama. She and the rest of the family are portrayed by Barbie dolls.

100. Appleseed ( Appurushîdo - 1988 )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Actors: Masako Katsuki, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Toshiko Sawada, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Shô, Nobuo Iwamoto

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